Süddeutsche Zeitung, founded 1945, also known as SZ, Germany's largest broadsheet newspaper, publishes articles of international interest in English. SZ has won a number of prestigious awards for its investigative journalism.

Implant Files

Implant Files

The Sick System

Insulin pumps, artificial joints, pacemakers: Implants and prostheses are often brought to market with cheap materials and without studies or clinical trials. They can cause pain, long-term injury or even death. Patients are powerless.

They fuel fears, warning that more stringent regulations could be deleterious or even deadly to consumers, and they have a direct line to top politicians. How lobbyists in Berlin and Brussels are working to prevent thorough testing for medical devices.

The world of medicine is dangerously male-centric, often providing the
same treatments to both sexes. This can have devastating consequences
for women. When it comes to healthcare, greater attention needs to be
paid to gender differences.

After two UN investigators are murdered during a mission in the Congo, the government blames rebels in the killing. But documents underscore suspicions that the intelligence service and the military may have been behind the crime.

Roger Waters, the former singer of Pink Floyd, has received rave reviews
for his current world tour. But critics have accused him of anti-Semitism for his vocal support of BDS, an organization that calls for a boycott of Israel. His response: "They just want me to keep my mouth shut!" A debate.

In an open letter, top editors of international media have appealed to the European Commission to investigate the state of journalism in Malta following the murder of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Mesut Özil is one of the best football players. The german football association and politics stylised him as an excellent example for integration. The fact that they have now dropped him confirms the frustration of many Turkish-Germans.

Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), was a member of the Neo-Nazi movement as a young man. Our reconstruction shows how deep his involvement was.